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Sleep Apnea and That Sound Your Husband Makes: What It Says About His Health
Sleep apnea is a potentially serious medical disorder that affects between 50 and 70 million adults in the United States. Sleep apnea occurs when a person’s breathing is repeatedly blocked during sleep. Blockage of the airway causes snoring, and if severe, can cause l...
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Male-Specific Diseases to Ask Your Doctor About
Men have specific health risks they need to be aware of—particularly in regards to the reproductive system. The male reproductive system is designed to produce, maintain and transport sperm. The testes, a part of the male reproductive system, are also responsible for ...
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Tips for Living Longer: Six Things Men Should Do to Live 5 Years Longer
Living longer is often attributed to living a healthy lifestyle, but what does that really mean? For men, it has a lot to do with focusing on heart health—the leading cause of death among men in the United States. Living longer with heart-healthy living The good new...
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Is Urgent Care for Kids Too? Yes! (Plus Five Reasons Moms Prefer It to the ER.)
Moms, dads and caregivers work hard every day to keep their kids happy, healthy and safe. They also rely on services like urgent care and the emergency room when their children get hurt or become ill unexpectedly. While the pediatrician’s office should always be the f...
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Living Healthy During COVID-19
Staying safe at home during the COVID-19 outbreak has changed the routines of our lives, perhaps even quite dramatically. We aren’t going to the gym, our eating habits may have changed, and many people aren’t sleeping well. Many are coping with shifts in th...
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How Sweet the Success: Ten Tips for Managing Diabetes and Pregnancy
Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood sugar levels are too high. It can occur before, during or after pregnancy and may cause a number of health problems for you and your developing baby. Seven out of 100 women will develop gestational diabetes during...
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Pregnancy and the Flu: Prenatal Precautions to Note This Winter
During the first 15 weeks of pregnancy, a woman’s body begins to naturally repress its immune system. This allows immune cells to flood into the lining of the womb, which causes inflammation. While inflammation typically means pain and discomfort, this is a unique...
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Ten Tips to Improve Your Child’s Health
Every parent wants to keep their kids healthy and happy so they can grow and develop into healthy, successful adults. Educating your children about the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle is essential, perhaps now more than ever. In the United States alone, the p...
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Cold and Flu Season: How to Stay Healthy
You know the signs: runny nose, sore throat, coughing, and sneezing. It’s the start of a cold or worse—the flu. Each year in the United States millions of people suffer with cold or flu symptoms. Adults get between two and three colds a year on average and kids, wel...
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How the Right Primary Care Doctor Can Help With High Blood Pressure
Did you know one in every three Americans has high blood pressure? Anyone (including children) can develop high blood pressure, a condition that vastly increases your risk for heart disease and stroke. How can my primary care doctor help with high blood pressure? ...
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American Diabetes Awareness Month: A Successful Pregnancy With Gestational Diabetes
If you’re pregnant and have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes you are not alone. In fact, the prevalence of both preexisting and gestational diabetes in the United States is on the rise. This year’s National Diabetes Awareness Month is focused on promoting...
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When Is a Sports Injury Enough to Seek Treatment?
Most athletes or their parents know minor injuries can be treated effectively with the RICE protocol: rest, ice, compression and elevation. Thankfully, these self-care tactics are sufficient to resolve most minor injuries within a few weeks; however, it’s essential to...
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: One Test Could Save Your Life
Every October major breast cancer charities across the globe participate in an international health campaign to raise awareness about breast cancer and educate women about the importance of annual mammograms. At Pomona Valley Health Centers (PVHC), we’re doing ...
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World Alzheimer’s Day: How to Reduce Your Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory, thinking, and other important mental functions. As the disease progresses, it affects a person’s ability to carry out simple tasks like getting dressed or making a cu...
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Your Pregnancy Step by Step
Pregnancy is a unique time in a woman’s life. There are a lot of physiological changes that take place to support a growing embryo or fetus. Pregnant women (and their placentas) produce different hormones that cause a broad range of changes like persistent nausea,...
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World Breastfeeding Week: Four Common Breastfeeding Problems You Can Overcome
Are you struggling with engorged breasts, painful latching, low milk supply, or cracked or sore nipples? While breastfeeding can be a wonderful way to bond with your new baby, it can also be extremely difficult. Take heart, mama, we have solutions to four of the mos...
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National Immunization Awareness Month: Vaccine Basics
Thanks to a vaccine, one of the most terrible diseases in history—smallpox—no longer exists outside the laboratory. Over the years vaccines have prevented countless cases of disease and saved millions of lives. August is National Immunization Awareness Month....
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Six Things to Consider When Choosing an OB for Your Pregnancy
No matter your age or stage in life, it’s important to have a caring, compassionate doctor who understands your unique needs by your side. A woman’s needs are very specific, and change dramatically throughout her lifetime. And when you’re a newly expecting mot...
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Measles Continues to Spread: Who Is at Risk?
Did you know the bacteria in your coughs and sneezes can stay alive in the air for up to 45 minutes? Measles is a highly contagious disease that spreads easily through airborne respiratory droplets expelled by a cough or sneeze. That puts a lot of people at risk (of...
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5 Tips on Staying Healthy for Men’s Health Month
Sixty percent of men do not go to the doctor for annual check ups. That statistic is staggering, especially when you consider regular checkups can detect early stages of a number of diseases that affect men—including prostate cancer, the second leading cause of can...
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Common Injuries: Should You Go to an Urgent Care or Hospital?
If you need immediate medical attention, you might only consider going to the emergency room. However, there is another, less expensive way to receive prompt, high-quality treatment for non-life-threatening conditions. Emergency room services can be very expensive, cost...
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National Infertility Awareness Week: How Common Is Infertility in Women?
Getting pregnant is actually a lot harder than you might think. If you or a loved one has ever struggled with infertility, you are not alone. According to RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, 1 in 8 couples have trouble getting pregnant or sustaining pregn...
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5 Healthy Tips to Teach Your Kids
It’s true, healthy parents have healthy kids. In fact, you are the most important influence on your child, especially when they’re young. One of the best things you can do to help your child’s health and wellness is to set a good example. When you eat a health...
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How Long Does a CT Scan Take?
A computed tomography (CT or CAT) scan is a medical procedure that allows doctors to see inside your body. They are commonly used to diagnose a variety of disorders within the brain, spine, extremities and vascular system. CT scanning is also used to perform needle ...
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How Long Do Cold Symptoms Last?
‘Tis the season of the nagging cold. If you have the symptoms, you know them well: The scratchy throat and cough. The sniffles. Mild body aches and a low-grade fever. Despite trying every remedy your grandmother recommended, your symptoms seem to be hanging around...
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American Heart Month: How Sleep Affects Your Heart
Hello, February. Hello, American Heart Month! This is the time when communities, health professionals and families collaborate to help friends and family members make healthier choices. You can be a part of American Heart Month, too. Learn about strategies for preve...
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Where Do I Get an X-Ray?
If you’re asking about an X-ray, chances are you’ve had an accident, a fall or a sports injury. None of these are fun or easy to deal with, but all can benefit from an X-ray exam. Whether you schedule an appointment with our sports medicine specialists, or wa...
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Urgent Care Near Me: What to Look for In an Urgent Care
We’ve all been there: You’re going for your personal best during a workout, trying to chop veggies like a pro or step awkwardly off the curb, and ouch! From pops and pulls to tweaks and twinges to cuts, burns and bites, it’s good to have a reliable urgent care...
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What Is Occupational Medicine?
When you go to work each day, who’s watching out for you? Who’s focusing on your health, making sure you can safely perform your tasks? Is anyone monitoring the physical, chemical, biological and social factors of your workplace, and the impacts environmental exposu...
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8 Ways Lack of Sleep Affects Your Health
We’ve all been there: Tossing and turning, worried about missing an early-morning flight, or thinking about tomorrow’s big meeting. Lack of sleep is prevalent in the U.S. In fact, a recent study by the Center for Disease Control found that more than 2/3 of Am...